Tuft-yarn frame for looms.



V. GERO.

TUFT YARN FRAME FOR LOOMS. APPLICAT ION FILED MAY l4, I918.

1,272,656. Patented July 16, 1918.

I Illms'i" VICTOR GERO, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TUFT-YARN FRAME FOR LOOMS,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J 1115 16, 1918.

Application filed May 14, 1918. Serial No. 234,519.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, VICTOR GERo, a subject of the King-of Great Britain,'and a resident of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Tuft- Yarn J Frames for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

Some of the objects of the present invention are to provide' a tuftyarn frame which is arranged to operate continuouslyfor a long period without requiring repairs, re-

placement :or. adjustment;- toj provide a means for permanently securing fastening as will hereinafter appear. T

In the accompanying drawings, Figural represents a side elevation of aftuft yarn frame embodying one'form of the present invention; Fig. 2 represents. an'enlarged end portion of thesamepart infsection and part in side elevation; Fig. ,3represents an end elevation of the same ;-and Fig. 4 represents a bottom plan of an end of the frame.

Referring .to the drawings one form of the present invention .is shown in operative position upon a tuft yarn frame of .the usual type consisting of a relatively long narrow 'bar 10, preferably of wood, which forms a support for a plurality of yarn carriers 11.

These carriers 11 are customarily of metal in the form of hollow tubes located sidev by side and each serving to guide the yarn from the spool (not shown).

For the purpose of supporting and journaling the tuft yarn spool in operative relation to the carriers 11 suitably apertured ears 12 are respectively formed upon end members'13 carried by the respective ends of the frame 10. These members 13 each have a base part 14 arranged to seat against a bottom portion of the frame 10 so that the general shape of the members 13 is'that of a right angular piece, both parts of which lie in contact with the frame, giving a snug fit and being rigidlyheld by screws 15, or like fastening devices which pass into frame 10., Thus in assembled position as shown in Fig. 1, the end members 13 extend upwardly ateach end of the frame and substantially perpendicularly thereto in order to bring the ears 12 into alinement above the frame 10 to correctly position the spool.

, In order to detachably connect the frame 10to the chain or part of the loom by which it is automatically picked up and operated,

v the members 13 each have a laterally projecting and upwardly bent finger 16 for engagement with the chain and adapted to be held in engagement by a spring clip 17. .The spring clip 17 for each member 13, is

secured at one end to its member 13 by a screw, stud or pin 20 having a head 21 seated in a recess portion of the frame 10 and there g held by the member 13, while the body portion of the screw is threaded through the member 13 to project sufficiently to receive the clip 17- and a retaining guard 22, both 1 of which'are suitably apertured for the purpose. The guard 22 is an angular piece conforming to the contour of the angular part of the member 13 to which it is made fast by one of the screws 15 and an additional screw 18 suitably spaced for the purpose intended. It should be noted that the screws 15 preferably intersect a wooden or soft metal plugl9 embedded in frame 10, so that the screws "are prevented from easily working loose as will be understood.

For thepurpose of maintaining a suitable I h tension upon the spool when in operative position, a'pair of spring arms 23' are fixed to the frame 10 the usual position and manner.

In assembling the clip 17 and its looking or clamping parts, the stud screw 20 is properly placed in position in the member 13 and the latter then secured to the end of the bar 10 by the horizontally disposed screw 15, the head 21 of the screw seating in the recess of the portion of the bar as heretofore described. The spring clip 17 is then placed over the projecting end of the screw or pin 20 in contact with the member 13 whereupon the retaining guard 22 is seated upon the bar 10 and the clip 17 and the remaining fastening devices 15 inserted into the frame with adjacent parts. Furthermore the guard 22 merely acts as a retainer or end clamp to prerent displacen ient of the clip 17, While leaving the major part of the length of the latter free for the necessary rrt ng e en-s In the tuft yarn frames as heretofore employed the securing means for the spring clip elements has been such as to cause infinite trouble: due to the fact that the continued up of the fran'ies by the chains, 'as'W'ell as their movement, hast-arsed the fastening device t wo k 1905a T suit of this is to render the clips ineffective and frequent source of trouble is the damaging 6f adjacent parts by the loose screws which back out and project'so as to Strike fi'Xed or I iIOViIIg parts In practice; mills 'haye'feund it absolutely essential" to employ special repairers for the purpese of keeping the clips tighu replacing'broken clips and repairing frames damaged by the displaced 011p se unng means.

By the present nvention the f regoin l sit en ,uptm satd pin.

defects, are entirel overcome and the clip hiildiiig parts become permanent attachments to'the tuft frame and cannot work l tsam project in such amttnner asto in- 'teritere with ether part f the loom. I

It ttilljno'v'v be apparentth t a novel and juseft'll' derice has been devised, which em- 5 bbdies thefeatures of advantag enumerated g desifablei'n the statement 'ofthe invention and the above descripti n," and wltne in the present instz nc the prefe red embodiment issnown' and described, is to be understood that the same susceptible of modificati'en varieusp articulars without 'dep'art- I ing from the s'pirltpr sc pe of the invention or sa crificiug any 0f its advantages. What r claim is: V I

1.111 a' device of-the character stated, a

tuft yarn frame, a member secured thereto, a spring clip,;,;and means clamped between said frame and said member for supporting *said clip. 2. In a device of the character stated, a tuftyarnizframe, a member secured thereto, a spring clip, ameans carried by said member fdr'siipptiitiug said clip, and a guard fixed to said frame for preventing displacement cf 3. In a device'ef'the character stated, a

tuft "a'm'e, a membel 'sefcttred thereto, it i c-lip, suppUrtiI'fQ 'ineans for isaid d' by said fi liilb if and 'iiijchic ling a p g part te- 've'said clip and a guar I '(jt er 4. In a device of the character stated, t.

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